I have no idea what's going on with this demo. I haven't played a FF game since FFX came out back in the day. Did they do away with the party system? Is it just Lightning all by her lonesome the whole game?

It looks amazing but I didn't get very far into the demo. I'm tired, maybe it'll make more sense tomorrow.

XIII was a party system, XIII-2 was 2 characters and monsters, XIII-3 is solo Lightning and guest stars that fight alongside you.

It's a great game! I love the feel of the demo and everything. Schema customization is very in depth as well.

The Schema system is something I'm going to have to get used to. It felt awkward and while going against the enemies I just pressed on whatever buttons there was. How do I progress my stats? I notice you had to equip the garbs on but I was still kind of lost.

I only got to fight 2 of the first monsters in the game before sleep called, but i felt it was a lot more dynamic then the previous games and tbh i really enjoyed it. I'll have a proper play later on but it might just convince me to buy it at launch rather then waiting.

what i found interesting, was the fact you do not automatically regain your health after each fight.

TBH i think they took the system from FF14 and improved it way more - i think this is the sort of thing they envisioned when creating 14 but ould not figure out how to pull it off.

Much nicer pace in the game - only thing is that blasted time limit - think it will annoy me in the full game as i am a explorer and tend to take my time with the main story line but this will constantly push you onwards.

I only got to fight 2 of the first monsters in the game before sleep called, but i felt it was a lot more dynamic then the previous games and tbh i really enjoyed it. I'll have a proper play later on but it might just convince me to buy it at launch rather then waiting.

what i found interesting, was the fact you do not automatically regain your health after each fight.

TBH i think they took the system from FF14 and improved it way more - i think this is the sort of thing they envisioned when creating 14 but ould not figure out how to pull it off.

Much nicer pace in the game - only thing is that blasted time limit - think it will annoy me in the full game as i am a explorer and tend to take my time with the main story line but this will constantly push you onwards.

As soon as i picked up XIV i knew the games played very similar.

The makers have said they want people to take their time on the first playthrough even if the time runs out. They also said you can't see everything in one playthrough.

Man, you guys are lucky to play the Demo
I can't even get past the Cutscenes without my PS3 giving me a YLOD.

Seriously, if Microsoft dropped the Gold Requirement to play this Demo, I would have downloaded it for my Xbox 360, but nooo, they had to put GOLD for a stupid reason.

Anyways, I'm quite excited for this game. I have not played XIII, but I have played XIII-2. Wasn't a bad game, but throughout the course of the game, the Battle System felt too easy. Hoping this game would have a much better system than XIII-2.

Man, you guys are lucky to play the Demo
I can't even get past the Cutscenes without my PS3 giving me a YLOD.

Seriously, if Microsoft dropped the Gold Requirement to play this Demo, I would have downloaded it for my Xbox 360, but nooo, they had to put GOLD for a stupid reason.

Anyways, I'm quite excited for this game. I have not played XIII, but I have played XIII-2. Wasn't a bad game, but throughout the course of the game, the Battle System felt too easy. Hoping this game would have a much better system than XIII-2.

I really loved XIII-2. This one is going be to kind of weird to get used to. I was just switching and pressing what ever there was to press.

I saw it wasn't in the OP but I was at TGS this year and got to play the TGS demo. I gave it the official PSU RPG of the Show award. That quick demo had me hooked right away, even if it was in Japanese and I didn't know what I was doing half the time. I just played the demo 4 times the other day. Can't wait for the 11th. Best in the series I think it'll have the potential to be.

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